Trychon rolled over, only to feel the constant burning pain shift from his back to his chest and midsection. It was moments later before he noticed the damp ground and leaves rubbing on his face. The smell was less than soothing, but that probably was related to another smell he chose not to think about.
As the pain began to subside or become numb, he began to notice a rather more concentrated pain on his ear. It was repetitive, and dissimilar to the pain he had everywhere else on his body. Eventually, he forced his eyes open to try to discern what had happened.
His vision was an entire blur. After closing his eyes and reopening them several times, which only exacerbated the pain in his head, he began to make out colors and edges of shapes slowly through the blur.
Feebly, he worked up the strength to speak. "Aitch? Is that you?"
The computerized voice with a fairly decent emotion modulation responded. "Affirmative: Yes it is, Master. Should I stop poking you now?"
The assassin droid stopped his prodding as Trychon coughed and slowly raised himself to his knees, then began rubbing his eyes, still attempting to coax normal vision out of them. "Raezyr?"
"Master Raezyr regained consciousness about an hour ago. He instructed me to stay with you and attempt to wake you while he attempted to 'round up' a few things." The droid said as he dropped the stick he'd been using.
Trychon got to his feet, finally working up enough concentration to begin to ignore the pain. "Raezyr told you to, did he? Why the ear?" His vision was slowly returning to normal as he focused in on the droid, who didn't respond but instead raised his shoulders in a mechanical shrug.
Almost as though on cue, Raezyr returned to the small clearing with Mannix following dejectedly behind him. "I found a stray..." He called out. "Seems our metal buddy scared him off a bit."
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